Carpet-beating frame.



L. V.MEYER.

CARPET BEATING FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED IUNE22. 1916.

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WITNESS LORA V. MEYER, OF BROOKLYN, N EW YORK.

CARPETBEATI1\TG FRAME.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1917.

Application filed June 22, 1916. Serial No. 105,117.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LORA V. MEYER, a citizen of the United States, residing at the borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Carpet-Beating Frames, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device particularly adapted for supporting and manipulating rugs or carpet While in the act of cleaning or beating the. same, although it is applicable to other purposes. It consists essentially of two frame members of like construction provided with adjustable means adapted to receive and support the ends of roller bars of peculiar formation upon which a carpet or rug is held and manipulated while being cleaned or beaten and its principal object is to facilitate such work.

The details of the invention are hereinafter more particularly described.

In the accompanying drawings,

Figure 1 is a plan view of my device set up for use.

Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the broken line 2-2, of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is an enlarged view of one end member showing the relative positions of the rollers and legs when the device is not in use.

Fig. 4 is an inverted plan view of the left hand end of one end member with the legs spread for use.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view of one of the roller bars, with its sections separated to receive an edge of a carpet, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged cross section of one of the roller bars with a carpet gripped between its sections.

Similar reference numerals indicate like parts throughout the several figures. I

The two end members 10 and 11 are of like construction, and a detailed description of one of said members will apply to both. 12 designates a cross beam, at each end of which is a downwardly projecting piece 13, which may be secured to the beam in any suitable manner, or made integral therewith. 14 is another downwardly projecting piece located centrally between the end pieces 13, and secured to the beam 12, or made integral therewith.

At each side of the central piece 14 and between the same the end piece 13, the

beam is longitudinally slotted, which slots 15 and 16 extend entirely through the beam from top to bottom. In the sides of the beam 12, between the end pieces 13, there are spaced holes 17, extending through the beam.

18 indicates legs, two of which are pivotally connected adjacent one end to each of the end pieces 13, one on each side by pivot pins 1%), which pass through holes in the said end pleces; washers or heads 20 being secured to the ends of the pivot pins which proj ect through holes in the legs 18. The lower part of each end piece 13, below the point where the legs 18 are pivoted, is of increased thickness and inclined on each side of said end pieces from their outer edges to their inner edges, as shown at 21, thereby acting to spread the legs 18, but it will be obvious that inclined strips may be attached to the end pieces 13 at their lower ends in place of increasing their thickness at this point, which would answer the same purpose. Stop pins 22 limit the outward movement of said legs.

23 designates screw threaded projections secured at one end to the end pieces 13, and extending therefrom at right angles.

For each of the end members 10 and 11, I provide two blocks 24. These blocks are seated upon the top of the beams 12, and are slidable thereon. Each block 24 is provided with a dependent portion 25, which portions enter the slots 15 and 16 in the cross beams 12, and are slidable therein, There is a hole 26 in each of these dependent portions which is brought into register with any desired one of the spaced holes 17 in the beams 12, when the blocks 24 are moved along upon the top of the beams 12. 27 are pins or pegs which are passed into the holes 17 in the beams 12 and through the holes 26 in the dependent portions of the blocks 24, and lock the blocks in any desired adjusted position upon the beams.

There is a transverse opening 28 in each of the blocks 24, through which passes a shaft 29 revoluble therein. Secured to one end of each shaft 29 is a. ratchet wheel 30, and 31 indicates the pawls, one of which is pivoted to each block 24 in such a position as to engage the teeth of the ratchet wheel.

32 designates a housing, one of which is secured to the outer face of each ratchet wheel 30, and within each housing there is a. vertical screw-threaded projection 33, one end of which is securely fastened to the bottom of the housing.

After the shaft 29 has been passed through the openings 28 in the block 2 1 and the ratchet wheels 30 brought into loose contact with one side of the blocks 24, washers or nuts 34 are passed over the shafts 29 and secured thereto to bear lightly against the other sides of the blocks 24, whereby the ratchet wheels are held in the proper relative position to the pawls and to the blocks. If desired, a washer may be placed between 1 each ratchet wheel and block, so that there may be less frictional contact between these parts.

. 35 indicates two roller bars each provided with a hole 36 adjacent each end. Theseroller bars are each divided longitudinally, or in other words, composed of two sections, their meeting surfaces being provided with a longitudinal groove 37 adjacent one edge,

while the fiat surface is provided with spaced pins 38. When placed together, the

pins on one section enter the groove in the other section. The object of forming these roller bars of two sections is to allow the edge of a rug or carpet 13 to be inserted be tween them, and the purpose of the pins and grooves is to insure a firm hold upon the rug or carpet.

39 denotes a crank-handle for attachment to the ends of the shafts 29, said ends preferably being squared to receive such handle,

- or handles.

The roller bars 35 are also provided with holes 40. These holes are of a size to allow the screw-threaded projections 23 on the end pieces 13 to pass through them so that the bars may be connected to the end members and 11, when the device is not in use, as shown in Fig. 3. 41 indicates thumb-nuts screwed upon the projections 23 to hold the bars in such position.

When the device is not in use, the legs 18 are swung into the position shown in said Fig. 3, their free ends resting against the dependent center piece 14, two on each opposite side.

The holes 36 in the ends of the roller bars are of a size to allow the screw-threaded projections '33 in the housing 32, to pass through them.

When it is desired to set up the device for use, the thumb nuts 11 are unscrewed, and the roller-bars 35 removed from the projections 23. The legs 18 are swung outward against the stop pins 22, as seen in Figs. 1, 2 and 1, and the two end members 10, 11, stand upright upon such legs, facing each other in a spaced apart position.

One end or side of the rug or carpet to be cleaned or beaten is placed between the sections of one roller-bar and the teeth or pins 38 pressed into or through the rug or carpet then screwed down over the projections and upon the tops of the roller bars to securely hold the clamped carpet or rug between the roller sections and also to secure the rollers within the housings.

The roller bars 35 can be brought nearer together or farther apart to adapt them for holding rugs or carpets of difierent widths or lengths, by moving the blocks 24 along on the tops of the end cross beams 12 and the blocks and rollers will be held in the desired adjusted positions by the pins or pegs 27.

Where the carpet to be beaten is of too great length to be stretched its entire length in a horizontal position between the two roller bars, it is wound upon one of the bars and after that portion between the respective rollers has been thoroughly beaten or cleaned, the opposite roller is revolved by turning the crank handle 39 until the cleaned portion of the carpet or rug has been wound up, whereby another part of the rug or carpet has been brought between the rollers ready for beating, and such operation is repeated until the entire carpet has been beaten. In this manner the cleaned portion of the carpet while the beating operation continues, is protected from dust in consequence of being wound .up over one roller while the remainder is being cleaned.

The roller gripping the unrolled end of the carpet can then be disconnected from the end members 10 and 11, and this end of the carpet released by separating the sections of said roller when the rolling of the entire carpet upon the other roller can be completed. This roller containing the roll of carpet can then be detached from the end members 10 and 11, and the carpet carried from the yard to the house with great convenience.

It will be readily understood that the height of the device is determined by the length of the legs 18, which may be of any length desired. They are preferably of a length so that the carpet or rug will be sup ported about two and a half or three feet from the ground or in such a position that a person may conveniently use a hand beater in cleaning the rug or carpet.

WVhile my invention is particularly designed for use in beating rugs or carpets, it may be employed as a quilting frame, and

also forms a convenient frame upon which lace curtains may be supported while drying, or upon which mattresses or bedding may be laid. for the purpose of airing or drying the same.

When the device is not in use, the legs 18 on the respective end frame members 10 and 11 are folded into a position parallel with the cross beams 12, as shown in full lines in Fig. 3, while the roller bars 35 are secured in alike positions to the end frames 10 and 11, as also shown in Fig. 3. It will thus be seen that the entire device occupies but eompar atively little room when not in use, and in such knock-down position is convenient for transportation.

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the character described, the combination of two end members each comprising a cross-beam provided with a vertical longitudinal slot, a dependent member at each end of said beam, swinging supports for said beam pivotally connected at one end to opposite sides of said dependent members, adjustable blocks resting upon the top of said beam and having a dependent portion extending into the slot in the beam and slidable therein, roller bars each composed of two sections provided on their meeting surfaces with means for gripping an article between them, housings revolubly connected with said adjustable blocks into which the ends of said roller bars are received, means for securing the rollers therein, and means for revolving said housings.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of two end members each comprising a cross-beam provided with a vertical longitudinal slot, a dependent memher at each end of said beam, swinging supports for said beam pivotally connected at one end to opposite sides of said dependent members, means upon said dependent members for spreading said supports as they are swung into their supporting position, stops upon said dependent members for limiting the movement of said supports, adjustable blocks resting upon the top of each cross beam and having a dependent portion extending into the slots in said beams and slidable therein, means for securing said blocks in the position to which they are adjusted, roller-bars each composed of two sections provided on their meeting surfaces with means for gripping an article between them, housings revolubly connected with said adjustable blocks into which the end of said roller bars are received, means for securing the rollers therein, and means for revolving said housings.

3. In device of the character described, the combination of two end members each comprising a cross beam, provided with a longitudinal slot, a dependent portion at each end of said beam, legs connected to said dependent portions, adjustable blocks seated upon the top of said beam and having a dependent portion extending into said slot in the beam and slidable therein, means for securing said blocks in the position to which they may be adjusted, roller bars, means revolubly connected with said adjustable blocks for receiving and holding the ends of said roller bars, and means for rotating said roller bars.

a. In a device of the character described, and in combination, two end members each comprising a cross-beam, slotted longitudinally, a dependent portion at each end of said beam, legs connected to said dependent portions, adjustable blocks seated upon the top of said beam having a dependent portion extending into said slot in the beam and slidable therein, means for securing said blocks in the position to which they may be adjusted, a shaft extending through an opening in each of said blocks, a ratchet wheel permanently secured to one end of each shaft, a pawl pivoted to each of said blocks to engage said ratchet, roller bars, means connected to the outer surface of each ratchet wheel for receiving and holding the ends of said roller bars, and means for rotatin said shafts.

5. In a device of the character described, and in combination, two end members each comprising a cross beam slotted longitudinally, a dependent portion at each end of said beam, legs connected to said dependent portions, adjustable blocks seated upon the top of said beam having a dependent portion extending into said slot in the beam and slidable therein, means for securing said blocks in the position to which they may be adjusted, a shaft extending through an opening in each of said blocks, a ratchet wheel permanently secured to one end of each shaft and positioned on one side of each block, a washer secured to each shaft on the other side of each block, a pawl pivoted to each of said blocks to engage said ratchet, roller bars, means connected to the outer surface of each ratchet wheel for receiving and holding the ends of said roller bars, and means for rotating said shafts.

6. In a device of the character described, and in combination, two end members each comprising a cross beam, slotted longitudinally, a dependent portion at each end of said beam, legs connected to said dependent portions, adjustable blocks seated upon the top of said beam having a dependent portion extending into said slot in the beam and slidable therein, means for securing said blocks in the position to which they may be adjusted, a shaft extending through an opening in each of said blocks, a ratchet wheel permanently secured to one end of each shaft and positioned on one side of each block, a pawl pivoted to each of said blocks and adapted to engage said ratchet wheel,

a housing permanently secured to the outer face of each ratchet wheel, a screw threaded projection secured at one end to the inner bottom surface of each housing and extending vertically therefrom, roller bars provided with an opening adjacent each end through which said screw threaded projections extend, thumb nuts adapted to be screwed over said threaded projections after the ends of said roller bars have been placed in position within said housings whereby said roller bars are secured in such position, and means for rotating said shafts.

7. In a device .of the character described, the combination of two end members each comprising a cross beam having a longitudinal slot extending therethrough from top to bottom and spaced holes through its sides, a dependent portion at each end of said beam, legs connected to said dependent portions, adjustable blocks supported upon said beam with dependent portions entering said longitudinal slot in the beam and slidable therein, there being a: hole through each of said dependent portions of the blocks to be brought into register with one of the side holes in said beam, pegs to enter said holes Copies of this patent may be obtained for in the beam and dependent portions of the blocks to hold the blocks in theposition to which they may be adjusted, a shaft extending through an opening in each of said blocks, a ratchet wheel secured to one end of each shaft and positioned on one side of each block, a pawl pivoted to each of said blocks and adapted toengage said ratchet wheel, a housing permanently secured to the outer face of each ratchet wheel, a screw threaded projection secured at one end to the 1 inner bottom surface of each housing and extending vertically therefrom, roller barsthreaded projections in the housings extend and by which said roller bars are connected at their res )ective ends within said housin s thumb nuts to be screwed over said threaded projections and against the roller bars after the ends of said bars have been placed in position, and means for rotating said shafts. Signed by me this 19th day of June, 191.6. LORA V. MEYER.

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